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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/26/why-the-writing-is-on-the-wall-for-facebook Why the writing is on the wall for Facebook by Arwa Mahdawi Tuesday 26 Oct 2021 The Guardian (UK) Uh-oh, it looks as if Mark Zuckerberg has caught on to the media’s dastardly plot to destroy Facebook! As you have probably noticed, the technology behemoth has been in the news nonstop recently, as media outlets plough through thousands of pages of internal documents leaked by the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen.

=> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/24/frances-haugen-i-never-wanted-to-be-a-whistleblower-but-lives-were-in-danger

Frances Haugen: ‘I never wanted to be a whistleblower. But lives were in danger’

by Dan Milmo, Global technology editor The Observer (UK) Sun 24 Oct 2021

⋆ The woman whose revelations have rocked Facebook tells how spending time with her mother, a priest, motivated her to speak out

=> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/04/how-friend-lost-to-misinformation-drove-facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen

How losing a friend to misinformation drove Facebook whistleblower

by Dan Milmo Global technology editor The Guardian (UK) Mon 4 Oct 2021

⋆ Frances Haugen was frustrated that Facebook was not publicly acknowledging the harm its platforms could cause ⋆ Facebook is putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Key excerpts from whistleblower’s revelations => https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/03/former-facebook-employee-frances-haugen-identifies-herself-as-whistleblower

Facebook putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Frances Haugen

by Kari Paul and Dan Milmo Mon 4 Oct 2021 The Guardian (UK)

⋆ Internal papers show firm is lying about making progress against hate, violence and misinformation, ex-employee says

=> https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/cambridge-analytica-files ■ Most people might think journalists reporting revelations about one of the world’s most powerful companies was par for the course. Zuckerberg, however, seems to think it’s some sort of vast conspiracy. “My view is that what we’re seeing is a coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents to paint a false picture of our company,” Zuckerberg said during an earnings call on Monday (yesterday, 25 October, 2021). => https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/facebook-papers-zuckerberg-lashes-out-media-1235096706/ Sounds a little Trumpy, doesn’t it? Admit no wrong; instead, cast yourself as the victim of the malicious mainstream media. ■ That is not where the Donald Trump comparisons end; the two men are strikingly similar. Both seem to prioritise profits over people. => https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-facebook-files-11631713039 The Facebook Files A Wall Street Journal investigation

⋆ Facebook Inc. knows, in acute detail, that its platforms are riddled with flaws that cause harm, often in ways only the company fully understands. That is the central finding of a Wall Street Journal series, based on a review of internal Facebook documents, including research reports, online employee discussions and drafts of presentations to senior management. ⋆ Time and again, the documents show, Facebook’s researchers have identified the platform’s ill effects. Time and again, despite congressional hearings, its own pledges and numerous media exposés, the company didn’t fix them. The documents offer perhaps the clearest picture thus far of how broadly Facebook’s problems are known inside the company, up to the chief executive himself.

■ Both extend different rules to celebrities and the powerful than to everyone else.

=> https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58678332 Facebook Files: 5 things leaked documents reveal 24 September, 2021 The BBC (UK) (1) Celebrities were treated differently by Facebook

=> https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-files-xcheck-zuckerberg-elite-rules-11631541353

Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt.

by Jeff Horwitz The Wall Street Journal Sept. 13, 2021

⋆ A program known as XCheck has given millions of celebrities, politicians, and other high-profile users special treatment, a privilege many abuse

(2) Its response to employee concerns about human trafficking was often 'weak'

=> https://youtu.be/2IdII_n28e0 : Silicon Valley's Online Slave Market - Full documentary - BBC News Arabic | BBC Africa Eye => https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct1nhh : A turning point for Facebook? (3) Facebook faces a huge lawsuit from shareholders. (4) Has Facebook been promoting positive stories about itself?

=> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/technology/zuckerberg-facebook-project-amplify.html

No More Apologies: Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image

by Ryan Mac and Sheera Frenkel The New York Times Sept. 21, 2021

⋆ Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, has signed off on an effort to show users pro-Facebook stories and to distance himself from scandals. ⋆ Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, signed off last month on a new initiative code-named Project Amplify. ⋆ The effort, which was hatched at an internal meeting in January, had a specific purpose: to use Facebook’s News Feed, the site’s most important digital real estate, to show people positive stories about the social network. ⋆ The idea was that pushing pro-Facebook news items — some of them written by the company — would improve its image in the eyes of its users, three people with knowledge of the effort said. ⋆ But the move was sensitive because Facebook had not previously positioned the News Feed as a place where it burnished its own reputation. ⋆ Several executives at the meeting were shocked by the proposal, one attendee said. ⋆ Project Amplify punctuated a series of decisions that Facebook has made this year to aggressively reshape its image. Since that January meeting, the company has begun a multipronged effort to change its narrative by distancing Mr. Zuckerberg from scandals, reducing outsiders’ access to internal data, burying a potentially negative report about its content and increasing its own advertising to showcase its brand. (5) Facebook knew Instagram was 'toxic' for teens

=> https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-instagram-is-toxic-for-teen-girls-company-documents-show-11631620739

Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show

by Georgia Wells, Jeff Horwitz and Deepa Seetharaman The Wall Street Journal Sept. 14, 2021

⋆ Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public => https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/29/facebook-hearing-latest-children-impact

Congress grills Facebook exec on Instagram’s harmful effect on children

by Kari Paul and Dan Milmo The Guardian Thu 30 Sep 2021

⋆ Senators highlighted research revealed in the Wall Street Journal showing how the photo app could affect girls’ body image and self-esteem => https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/29/facebook-hearing-latest-children-impact

Facebook disputes its own research showing harmful effects of Instagram on teens’ mental health

by Dan Milmo and Kari Paul The Guardian Thu 30 Sep 2021

⋆ US Congress to question firm’s head of safety after Wall Street Journal reports revealed research on the photo app => https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-instagram-kids-tweens-attract-11632849667

Facebook’s Effort to Attract Preteens Goes Beyond Instagram Kids, Documents Show

by By Georgia Wells and Jeff Horwitz The Wall Street Journal Sept. 28, 2021

⋆ It has investigated how to engage young users in response to competition from Snapchat, TikTok; ‘Exploring playdates as a growth lever’

■ Both seem to have an unusual relationship with facts. And both seem to reckon that the US is the only place in the world that matters. Internal documents appear to show that only 13% of Facebook’s misinformation-moderation staff hours were devoted to non-US countries last year, even though their populations comprise more than 90% of Facebook’s users.

=> https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/facebook-failed-the-world/620479/

HOW FACEBOOK FAILS 90 PERCENT OF ITS USERS by Ellen Cushing The Atlantic OCTOBER 25, 2021

⋆ Internal documents show the company routinely placing public-relations, profit, and regulatory concerns over user welfare. And if you think it’s bad here, look beyond the U.S.

■ If it sounds as if I am conflating Facebook the company with Zuckerberg the man, by the way, it’s because I am. Zuckerberg, it’s clear, exerts an unhealthy amount of control over Facebook. “Right now, Mark [Zuckerberg] is unaccountable,” Haugen told the Observer. “He has all the control. He has no oversight.” In short, he is the sort of autocrat you imagine Trump wishes he could have been. Before he lost the 2020 election and legal troubles started to mount, Trump was known as “Teflon Don”. He faced scandal after scandal, but nothing seemed to stick to him. Facebook has had a similarly charmed run. Over the past few years, the company has been mired in endless negative PR. It has been accused of facilitating genocide in Myanmar. => https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html And turning a blind eye to human trafficking in the Middle East. It has been accused of mass surveillance. It has been accused of ignoring Instagram’s impact on the mental health of teenage girls. I could go on: there is seemingly almost nothing good to say about Facebook. And yet, that negative coverage hasn’t hurt the company’s profits. Its shares are up 25% since January 2021. On Monday, Facebook reported more than $9bn in profits during its most recent financial quarter, along with a 6% increase in daily active users. It has exceeded investor expectations. (Selling user information to advertisers has its advantages. Those IDIOTS who keep posting personal info and photos are getting their Facebook pages drilled with ads relating to their personal details and likes, cities they live in, and other info they willingly fill in, not knowing that Facecrooks' algorithms are HARVESTING all that info to hit the user with TARGETTED ADS. The LESS you post about your personal details, the less ads you will see. Simple, ain't it, to understand?) Does all this mean that Facebook is untouchable? Impervious to negative headlines? Able to do whatever it likes with zero consequences? Not entirely. Facebook’s PR problems have apparently made it leak top talent. “Facebook is extremely thinly staffed … and this is because there are a lot of technologists that look at what Facebook has done, and their unwillingness to accept responsibility, and people just aren’t willing to work there,” Haugen said in a briefing last week. If Facebook can’t attract the most talented technologists, then it’s going to have a very hard time growing. Another existential threat revealed by the Facebook files is the extent to which the company is losing traction with young people. Its user base is ageing and the kids that Facebook needs to engage if it wants to remain relevant think the platform is “boring, misleading and negative”. What’s more, internal documents don’t seem particularly optimistic that the company can turn this around easily. Facebook may be performing well financially for the moment, but its continued success is far from a given. The writing is on the wall. Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist .

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